FILED
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT ^ ® ^025
WESTERN DISTRICT OKLAHOMA;JpAN ^ne.
us. DIST. clerkWESTERN DIST. OKLA.
COURT,
DEPUTY
In re:
G.O.25-5
UPDATED POLICIES AND
PROCEDURES FOR SEALED
DOCUMENTS.
ORDER
To better ensure the security of information in sealed filings, effective August 11,
2025, sealed documents must be filed conventionally over the counter at the Court Clerk's
Office, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, unless
alternative hours are posted at okwd.uscourts.gov. Each document to be filed under seal
shall be presented in a separate sealed envelope bearing the caption of the case, the title of
the document, and including the language "FILED UNDER SEAL."
Counsel and pro se litigants shall be responsible for serving sealed documents, if
service is required, in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5(d) and Federal
Rule of Criminal Procedure 49.^ Sealed documents will no longer be uploaded to the
Court's CM/ECF system. To the extent that the Local Rules or the Electronic Filing
Policies and Procedures Manual provide for the electronic filing or the uploading of sealed
documents to CM/ECF, those provisions are superseded by this Order. If service of a
motion or response, to which a response or reply may be filed, is completed by mail as
reflected in the certificate ofservice, three days shall be added to the response or reply time
'Leave to file under seal is still required, the copy of an order granting leave to file under seal should accompany the
sealed document.
under Local Rule 7.1(g) and (h).
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IT IS SO ORDERED this day of August 2025.
TIMOTHY Dl DeGIUSTI
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
